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Turkey Summons Ambassadors of Russia and US

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reported that Turkey has summoned ambassadors from both Russia  and the United States regarding ties with Kurdish forces in Syria, has said, reacting to any probable arms support to groups which have ties with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Hurriyet Daily reports. 

"As the ally countries would not excuse arms support to al-Qaeda-affiliated groups, Turkey cannot excuse any armed support to groups linked to the PKK; it certainly cannot allow any tolerance in this matter," he said during an Istanbul joint press conference with his visiting Bulgarian counterpart, Boyko Borrisov, on Oct. 14. 

According to Turkish prime minister said no one could guarantee that the arms sent to the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria would not be taken over by the PKK  and used against Turkey.  

Davutoğlu’s reactions was in response to the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that a U.S. cargo plane had airdropped logistic material to the PYD late Oct. 11 in line with Washington’s plans to reinforce the Syrian Kurds in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.


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